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Episode 7: Powers of Ten

Ken & Austin are joined by guest Contributor & Host Sean Konig to discuss the concept of Narrative World Building. Starting with Charles & Ray Eames’s Video “Powers of Ten” we dive into what type of elements frame a story, a narrative’s outer and inner “bounds”, and a look into popular cinematography, before explore’s Sean’s own in-process narrative “Reader’s & Deceivers”

If it flies and eats bread I’m calling it a duck

— Sean Konig

You throw some potatoes in there you’ve got a stew going

— Carl Weathers

POWERS OF TEN VIDEO

http://www.eamesoffice.com/the-work/powers-of-ten/

“Powers of Ten is one of the Eameses’ best-known films. Since it was produced in 1977, it has been seen by millions of people both nationally and internationally. As with A Communication Primer and 2n (a 2-minute Peep Show from the exhibition, Mathematica), in this film, Charles and Ray employed the system of exponential powers to visualize the importance of scale.”